The Epic Film: Myth and History

by Derek Elley

Book Overview

As Charlton Heston put it: 'There's a temptingly simple definition of the epic film: it's the easiest kind of picture to make badly.' This book goes beyond that definition to show how the film epic has taken up one of the most ancient art-forms and propelled it into the modern world, covered in twentieth-century ambitions, anxieties, hopes and fantasies. This survey of historical epic films dealing with periods up to the end of the Dark Ages looks...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138989177
• ISBN13: 9781138989177
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.4" x 9.7"